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厌倦了大都会的奔波忙碌和机械化枯燥无味的生活,自有充满幻想的理绘(原田知世 饰)与温柔体贴的丈夫逃离东京,定居在北海道月浦一个毗邻湖泊的小山丘上。水缟夫妇在此经营一家名叫Máni的面包咖啡店,二人分工做出美味的食品,宴请来往驻足的人们。那一年,伤心的齐藤香织(森カンナ 饰)与始终困在北海道的青年山下时生(平冈佑太 饰)结识,纯纯的情愫悄然而生;沉默的小女孩未久(八木优希 饰)与父亲(光石研 饰)抱持着对母亲的思念,在Máni找到了慰籍;病入膏肓的老妇人和先生来访于此,品味着人生最后的时刻。 寒来暑往,爱聚离合,生命之河伴随着咖啡与面包的香气缓缓流淌……
《父母心》是獨立電影人約翰.卡薩維蒂於六十年代遇上荷里活製片之產物。故事講及精神科醫生畢蘭加士打聘請了來自音樂學院的朱迪.格蘭,於兒童精神病院利用嶄新手法教導外界認為無可救助的精神病兒童吉娜.羅蘭茲。片中兒童皆來自加州其中一間兒童精神中心,將這班被遺忘的一群真實地呈現在觀眾面前。都市人面對種種生活壓力,大量社會問題備受關注。當面對社會的陰暗面時,主流社會最初會以迴避的態度面對,而經過大量之社會運動、媒體報導等以令社會更多元、開放,以積極的態度去面對。這種社會心態轉變可能用上半個世紀,甚至更長時間。其中兒童問題從來都是一個敏感議題,而卡薩維蒂早在六十年代已利用光影之間揭示社會鮮為人知的一面,廣泛引起主流社會討論。卡薩維蒂是一位極具才華的獨立電影導演,游走於荷里活製作和獨立電影之間,利用偏鋒路線打破固有荷里活電影記事模式,注重強烈的演員性格去反映現實社會。本片被評為卡氏最為大膽作品之一,其寫實性令人嘆為觀止,創新起用精神病兒童在作品中表演。深刻地勾勒出這批非主流兒童的困境,打破大眾對他們的形象。而憑藉這齣先驅作品,我們更可以反思現時香港社會在這方面的缺失。As a result of co-operation between Cassavetes and Hollywood's producers, A Child is Waiting was shown in the 1960s. Burt Lancaster, a psychiatrist, hires Judy Garland to work at a psychiatric facility for children. Garland uses an innovative method to teach a mentally retarded child, Gena Rowland, who the world has turned its back on. Patients in the film were from a real life psychiatric institution, where this group of forsaken children was being honestly presented to the audience.City life is filled with all sorts of stress and problems. When facing the dark side of society, the mainstream community usually takes refuge in escapism. It is only after waves of social movements and media coverage that the people's attitudes about these problems would change and that they would take affirmative action about it. This process might take half century or longer. Children issue has always been a sensitive subject, yet Cassavetes has already chosen to show its untold stories in his film in the early sixties to arouse public discussion.Cassavetes was a talented independent filmmaker who also engaged in Hollywood productions. His works emphasized on his actors, and through their characters, instead of traditional storytelling techniques, explored the realities of society. This film was hailed as the most daring piece of Cassavetes' works. Its realism was praised, especially of his inclusion of real life patients. The patients' difficulties were profoundly illustrated so as to eradicate the public's prejudice against them. From this avant-garde work, we can even reconsider the situation of these issues in Hong Kong.source: Hong Kong Arts Centre